NEWS LITE : BELAFONTE SALUTED FOR GOOD WORKS.Entertainer Harry Belafonte Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927) is an American musician, actor and social activist. One of the most successful Jamaican musicians in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style in the 1950s. led several hundred people in a chorus of ``Day-O'' in Philadelphia on Saturday after Mayor Edward G. Rendell presented him with the city's first Marian Anderson Award for humanitarian efforts. Belafonte, 71, a singer, actor and civil rights activist who has won Tony, Grammy and Emmy awards, received a crystal sculpture and a $100,000 check in the name of Anderson, the late opera singer. The award pays tribute to artists whose leadership benefits humanity. Belafonte has served as host of the World Summit for Children at the United Nations and as a Goodwill ambassador This title may refer to:
 `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. . He spearheaded efforts to benefit African famine relief A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are so undernourished that death by starvation becomes increasingly common. In spite of the much greater technological and economic resources of the modern world, famine still strikes many in 1985, including the ``We Are the World'' concert. Anderson, a Philadelphia native who died in 1993 at age 96, was the first African-American soloist to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera and the first African-American performer to sing at the White House. In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), a Colonial patriotic society in the United States, open to women having one or more ancestors who aided the cause of the Revolution. The society was organized (1890) at Washington, D.C. refused to allow her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, so the concert was switched to the Lincoln Memorial Lincoln Memorial, monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914–17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36 Doric columns representing the states of the Union at the time of Lincoln's , where 75,000 people heard her perform. Molinari leaves show; is expecting baby Susan Molinari ended her disappointing career as a television hostess Saturday by revealing she's embarked on another nine-month production: She's pregnant with her second child. The former congresswoman and keynote speaker at the 1996 Republican national convention made her last appearance as host of ``CBS News Saturday Morning.'' CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. and Molinari agreed to end the unsuccessful experiment last week. Rain soaks U.K. show for Diana A musical tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, princess of Wales orig. Lady Diana Frances Spencer (born July 1, 1961, Sandringham, Norfolk, Eng.—died Aug. 31, 1997, Paris, France) Consort (1981–96) of Charles, prince of Wales. , opened under a cloud Saturday, but a downpour failed to dampen the spirits of many concertgoers at the Althorp estate in Great Brington, England, where she is buried. Irish singer-songwriter Chris De Burgh BURGH. A borough; (q. v.) a castle or town. , opera singer Lesley Garrett, cellist Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (born April 14 1951) is a British cellist. He is a son of the composer William Lloyd Webber (some of whose pieces for cello he has recorded) and the younger brother of Andrew Lloyd Webber. and pop singer Cliff Richard were among those paying tribute to the music-loving princess at the charity concert. A 15-minute downpour about an hour before the concert was to begin soaked the 15,000 fans crowded in the open-air arena and saturated the field. But many refused to let the weather get them down. ``In a funny way I think the rain and the bad weather will contribute to the atmosphere of the occasion,'' said Janet Depledge, a teacher from Huddersfield, Yorkshire, in northern England. ``We're determined not to let it put us off and I'm sure it will be a night we will remember forever.'' After the choir of New College, Oxford, opened the concert, the clouds cleared and the sun began to shine. Spirits rose steadily and before it was over, people were dancing to the music. The crowd held up hundreds of candles, matches and lanterns, and many fans wept when De Burgh sang his song to the princess: ``There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight.'' ``Earlier today I walked around the lake where Princess Diana has been laid to rest and I listened to the beautiful music coming from the stage and across to that beautiful resting place,'' De Burgh told the crowd. ``I know she is with us here in spirit.'' Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, watched from a tented tent·ed adj. 1. Covered with tents. 2. Sheltered in tents. 3. Resembling a tent. area with their mother, Frances Shand-Kydd. He joined the crowd to listen to Lloyd Webber perform Faure's ``Elegy elegy, in Greek and Roman poetry, a poem written in elegiac verse (i.e., couplets consisting of a hexameter line followed by a pentameter line). The form dates back to 7th cent. B.C. in Greece and poets such as Archilochus, Mimnermus, and Tytraeus. .'' Man wins spot at Hollywood Bowl A 36-year-old South Bay man will conduct the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in ``The Star-Spangled Banner'' this summer, after beating out some 80 competitors Saturday for the honor. James Pinard of Lomita, a visual effects free-lancer by trade, was declared the winner of a contest sponsored jointly by Macy's department stores and classical radio station KKGO-FM (105.1) outside the Macy's in the Fashion Square mall in Sherman Oaks. ``I was stunned,'' Pinard said of his victory. Winning the honor of guest conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra will be extra sweet for Pinard, who said he is planning to fly his mother out from Michigan, take her to the Bowl for the concert, and then surprise her by acting as conductor. Pinard was a music major at the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. in Ann Arbor, but ended up pursuing television production instead of choral music, as was his original plan. Also competing in Saturday's contest was 9-year-old James Atwood. Atwood has competed each of the past four years, and this year, dressed in a black tuxedo with white tails, made the final five. --- News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) James Pinard won a chance to be guest conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra this summer. (2) James Atwood, 9, shows his orchestral conducting abilities Saturday, placing in the top five in his fourth year of competition. David Sprague/Daily News (3) Harry Belafonte, left, leads a rendition of ``Day-O'' in Philadelphia on Saturday after being recognized for humanitarian work. Chris Gardner/Associated Press |
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